Bangladesh's Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Thursday arrested a ‘top leader’ of banned extremist outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen during a raid at Dhaka's Basila.

Bangladesh's RAB arrests suspected JMB leader from Dhaka

Bangladesh's Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a top leader of the banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) Imdadul Haque alias Uzzwal Master from Dhaka's Basila area.

Terror hideout raided in Dhaka, top JMB leader detained

India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, <a href="https://www.wionews.com/india-news/no-substitute-for-professional-competence-india-calls-for-making-un-peacekeepers-selection-more-stringent-266785">Syed Akbaruddin</a> on Friday slammed Pakistan Prime Minister <a href="https://www.wionews.com/south-asia/imran-khan-seeks-power-to-extend-tenure-of-bajwa-271791">Imran Khan</a> for peddling a seven-year-old violence video from Bangladesh as a case of what he claimed to be "Indian police's pogrom against Muslims in UP".

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"Repeat offenders. Old habits die hard," wrote Syed on Twitter while taking a jibe at the Pakistan PM who was on the earlier occasion was seen spreading disinformation maligning India.

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Earlier in a tweet, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson <a href="https://www.wionews.com/india-news/stone-pelting-at-nankana-sahib-gurdwara-india-calls-it-wanton-acts-of-destruction-271983">Raveesh Kumar</a> also slammed Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan for peddling fake video on the internet. 
 
A now-deleted video shared by Khan was soon fact-checked and found to be of 2013 and showed police action against a group of people in Bangladesh. The Pakistan Prime Minister had tried to pass off the clip as a case of police brutality "against Muslims" in Uttar Pradesh. 
 
At one point in the now-deleted video, a policeman is seen holding a shield of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), proving that it was an incident in Bangladesh. The RAB is an elite anti-crime and anti-terrorism unit of the Bangladesh Police. 
 
Khan faced a strong backlash on social media for tweeting the face video with users saying that he does not even do basic fact-checking.

India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Syed Akbaruddin on Friday slammed Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan for peddling a seven-year-old violence video from Bangladesh as a case of what he claimed to be "Indian police's pogrom against Muslims in UP".

India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Syed Akbaruddin on Friday slammed Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan for peddling a seven-year-old violence video from Bangladesh as a case of what he claimed to be "Indian police's pogrom against Muslims in UP". Repeat Offenders...#Oldhabitsdiehard pic.twitter.com/wmsmuiMOjf — Syed Akbaruddin (@AkbaruddinIndia) January 3, 2020 × "Repeat offenders. Old habits die hard," wrote Syed on Twitter while taking a jibe at the Pakistan PM who was on the earlier occasion was seen spreading disinformation maligning India. Tweet Fake News.Get Caught. Delete Tweet. Repeat#Oldhabitsdiehard pic.twitter.com/MjFtzP0WHW — Raveesh Kumar (@MEAIndia) January 3, 2020 × Earlier in a tweet, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Raveesh Kumar also slammed Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan for peddling fake video on the internet. A now-deleted video shared by Khan was soon fact-checked and found to be of 2013 and showed police action against a group of people in Bangladesh. The Pakistan Prime Minister had tried to pass off the clip as a case of police brutality "against Muslims" in Uttar Pradesh. At one point in the now-deleted video, a policeman is seen holding a shield of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), proving that it was an incident in Bangladesh. The RAB is an elite anti-crime and anti-terrorism unit of the Bangladesh Police. Khan faced a strong backlash on social media for tweeting the face video with users saying that he does not even do basic fact-checking.

Pakistan PM Imran Khan slammed by Syed Akbaruddin for sharing a 'seven-years old' fake video

A Bangladeshi court on Monday sentenced 26 people including a ruling party politician and three senior&nbsp;officials of security forces to death for the murder of seven people in Narayanganj in April 2014. 
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The court found Nur Hossain, a member of the ruling&nbsp;Awami League,&nbsp;guilty of hiring officials of the Rapid Action Battalion to kill his political rival and four of his aides. A lawyer, who filmed the abduction of the five people, and his driver were also subsequently abducted and killed. Their bodies were&nbsp;later found floating on the Shitalakhya river in Narayanganj. 
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Rights groups have pointed out the notoriety of Bangladesh&rsquo;s security forces for state-sponsored killings and enforced disappearances for some years. 
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One of those found guilty is Tarek Sayeed, a former lieutenant colonel of Bangladesh army and a commander of the Rapid Action Battalion, who is also the son-in-law of a minister of Sheikh Hasina&rsquo;s government. 
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Between January 2009 and December 2016 there have been at least 329 disappearances reported, say rights groups. The government denied these incidents. 
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&ldquo;There is a dent in those denials. For the first time the claims of that state agencies are involved in wrongful acts has been vindicated by this judgment,&rdquo; said CR Abrar, president of Bangladesh&rsquo;s human rights organisation Odhikar. 
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International rights groups,including Human Rights Watch,&nbsp;criticised Bangladesh for the impunity state security forces enjoyed despite committing extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances. 
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Names of more senior authorities of security forces surfaced during the&nbsp;investigation of the seven murders in Narayanganj, which eventually did not make into the final list of the accused. 
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&ldquo;Our only concern is that the real perpetrators have been identified because initially fingers were pointed at higher authorities. We don&rsquo;t know to what extent that has been investigated or whether any compromise was made to that regard,&rdquo; Abrar told WION. 
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Following the verdict on Monday morning, Shakhawat Hossain Khan, a prosecution lawyer expressed his satisfaction. &ldquo;We finally got justice,&rdquo; he told reporters in a&nbsp;packed courtroom. 
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Security was beefed up ahead of the verdict to thwart any untoward incident. The disappearance of Ilias Ali, a senior politician of Bangladesh Nationalist Party in April 2012, remains unresolved.

The opposition party claims hundreds of its activists have been abducted by plainclothesmen identifying themselves as members of security forces.

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Nur Hossain, a member of the ruling Awami League, was found guilty of hiring officials of the Rapid Action Battalion to kill his rival

A Bangladeshi court on Monday sentenced 26 people including a ruling party politician and three senior officials of security forces to death for the murder of seven people in Narayanganj in April 2014. The court found Nur Hossain, a member of the ruling Awami League, guilty of hiring officials of the Rapid Action Battalion to kill his political rival and four of his aides. A lawyer, who filmed the abduction of the five people, and his driver were also subsequently abducted and killed. Their bodies were later found floating on the Shitalakhya river in Narayanganj. Rights groups have pointed out the notoriety of Bangladesh’s security forces for state-sponsored killings and enforced disappearances for some years. One of those found guilty is Tarek Sayeed, a former lieutenant colonel of Bangladesh army and a commander of the Rapid Action Battalion, who is also the son-in-law of a minister of Sheikh Hasina’s government. Between January 2009 and December 2016 there have been at least 329 disappearances reported, say rights groups. The government denied these incidents. “There is a dent in those denials. For the first time the claims of that state agencies are involved in wrongful acts has been vindicated by this judgment,” said CR Abrar, president of Bangladesh’s human rights organisation Odhikar. International rights groups,including Human Rights Watch, criticised Bangladesh for the impunity state security forces enjoyed despite committing extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances. Names of more senior authorities of security forces surfaced during the investigation of the seven murders in Narayanganj, which eventually did not make into the final list of the accused. “Our only concern is that the real perpetrators have been identified because initially fingers were pointed at higher authorities. We don’t know to what extent that has been investigated or whether any compromise was made to that regard,” Abrar told WION. Following the verdict on Monday morning, Shakhawat Hossain Khan, a prosecution lawyer expressed his satisfaction. “We finally got justice,” he told reporters in a packed courtroom. Security was beefed up ahead of the verdict to thwart any untoward incident. The disappearance of Ilias Ali, a senior politician of Bangladesh Nationalist Party in April 2012, remains unresolved. The opposition party claims hundreds of its activists have been abducted by plainclothesmen identifying themselves as members of security forces. (WION)

Bangladesh politician hired elite security unit to assassinate party rival, court sentences 26 to death

At least 261 people across Bangladesh are missing, officials announced early on Wednesday, sparking fears many of them have joined homegrown Islamist extremist outfits or the Islamic State group in the Middle East. 
 
The country&#39;s elite security force, the Rapid Action Battalion, published the list on Facebook around midnight and called on citizens to report the whereabouts of the missing. 
 
&quot;We have to find them,&quot; RAB spokesman Mufti Mahmud Khan told AFP. 
 
The Bangladeshi government ordered security officials to collate the list in the wake of two major terror attacks by suspected Islamist militants who had been missing for months. 
 
Khan refused to comment on whether the people listed had joined local extremists or the IS group. 
 
Suspected members of a homegrown terror group murdered 20 people including 18 foreigners after they attacked an upscale cafe in Dhaka earlier this month. The IS group later claimed responsibility for the attack -- an assertion rejected by Bangladeshi authorities. 
 
The gruesome murders were followed by another daring assault on the Muslim-majority nation&#39;s largest Eid prayer congregation in which three people and an attacker were killed in a massive gunfight in a northern Bangladesh town. 
 
Police and parents said the five attackers at the cafe siege and at least two gunmen at the Eid carnage had been missing for months. 
 
&quot;If there are any missing family members, please tell us, don&#39;t be afraid that law-enforcement agencies will take your sons away,&quot; said RAB chief Benazir Ahmed. 
 
&quot;Their lives and other lives can be saved if they are found.&quot; 
 
Local media outlets have reported that dozens of people including doctors, engineers, and students from elite universities have travelled to the Middle East to join the IS group. 
 
In one case, engineer Najibullah Ansari had been missing for over a year when his parents reached out to the police after the government launched the campaign to account for the country&#39;s missing. 
 
According to his family, Ansari last contacted his younger brother in January 2015 via Facebook, saying he was in war-torn Iraq fighting with jihadists. 
 
&ldquo;I have come to Iraq. Tell father and mother not to worry for me. I have come here for jihad,&rdquo; read the message according to a screen shot seen by local daily Dhaka Tribune. 
 
&quot;I will never return home,&quot; he added. 
 
(AFP)

Rapid Action Battalion published the list on Facebook around midnight and called on citizens to report whereabouts of the missing

At least 261 people across Bangladesh are missing, officials announced early on Wednesday, sparking fears many of them have joined homegrown Islamist extremist outfits or the Islamic State group in the Middle East. The country's elite security force, the Rapid Action Battalion, published the list on Facebook around midnight and called on citizens to report the whereabouts of the missing. "We have to find them," RAB spokesman Mufti Mahmud Khan told AFP. The Bangladeshi government ordered security officials to collate the list in the wake of two major terror attacks by suspected Islamist militants who had been missing for months. Khan refused to comment on whether the people listed had joined local extremists or the IS group. Suspected members of a homegrown terror group murdered 20 people including 18 foreigners after they attacked an upscale cafe in Dhaka earlier this month. The IS group later claimed responsibility for the attack -- an assertion rejected by Bangladeshi authorities. The gruesome murders were followed by another daring assault on the Muslim-majority nation's largest Eid prayer congregation in which three people and an attacker were killed in a massive gunfight in a northern Bangladesh town. Police and parents said the five attackers at the cafe siege and at least two gunmen at the Eid carnage had been missing for months. "If there are any missing family members, please tell us, don't be afraid that law-enforcement agencies will take your sons away," said RAB chief Benazir Ahmed. "Their lives and other lives can be saved if they are found." Local media outlets have reported that dozens of people including doctors, engineers, and students from elite universities have travelled to the Middle East to join the IS group. In one case, engineer Najibullah Ansari had been missing for over a year when his parents reached out to the police after the government launched the campaign to account for the country's missing. According to his family, Ansari last contacted his younger brother in January 2015 via Facebook, saying he was in war-torn Iraq fighting with jihadists. “I have come to Iraq. Tell father and mother not to worry for me. I have come here for jihad,” read the message according to a screen shot seen by local daily Dhaka Tribune. "I will never return home," he added. (AFP)

Bangladesh: 260 people missing across country amid hunt for extremists